Saturday, 6 July 2013

Project 'Shadowstüg'

Our mission is to build ‘Shadowstüg’ and sell it on a
popular auction site for Charity (TBC). Your support and assistance over the coming
months will be greatly appreciated.

History

In the 41st Millennium there is only war. To save
the Human race, now called the Imperium, a talented Engineseer Dr Krupp-Porsche
on the Forge World of Mars commissioned and built a single Prototype Super
Heavy Tank, using the commonly used Mars Pattern Standard Temple Construct
which the Baneblade and Shadowsword variants are based; He designed the
Panzerkampfwagen Sturmgeschütz XL colloquially known as the ‘Shadowstüg’.

The Shadowstüg was unique; its Volcano Cannon gun-mount was
moved forward to make space for an uprated MR507 v18 Multi-Fuel engine, gearbox
and improved suspension, making it fast, by super heavy tank standards over 30
Km/h Cross country and faster on roads. Making such a fast vehicle meant losing
weight, as an ‘Assault Gun’ its rear and Side armour was reduced to 180mm
rather than the 220mm of its sister variants, this made it as strong as the
front of a Leman Russ. After initial field testing Dr Krupp-Porsche needed to
work on its side armour and Track protection, by adding Side Skirts.

These Skirts were 40mm thick, bringing its side armour back
on par with its sisters, the use of these skirts had one major drawback; the
Side sponsons had to be removed, making it vulnerable to close ranged infantry
attacks.

These alterations to the Standard Temple
Construct meant that the Shadowstüg looks remarkably like the Sturmgeschütz IV of
AD 1943-1945 designed by Dr Krupp-Porche’s ancestor Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
for the 3rd Reich during the 2nd World War of Man.